X-Men: Apocalypse poster reveals the title villain

Ahead of the Twentieth Century Fox Hall H panel at San Diego Comic-Con, which we will be live-blogging when it begins at 5:45pm Pacific Time, director Bryan Singer has released the first official poster for the highly anticipated X-Men: Apocalypse, which was being given out to attendees of the convention. Check it out in the gallery below and stay tuned for our live blog of the event later tonight.

Michael Fassbender, James McAvoy, Jennifer Lawrence, and Nicholas Hoult are set to lead the cast of X-Men: Apocalypse, which will also see the return of Rose Byrne as Moira MacTaggert, Evan Peters as Quicksilver, Lucas Till as Havok and newcomers Alexandra Shipp as Storm, Sophie Turner Jean Grey, Ben Hardy as Angel, Tye Sheridan as Cyclops, Olivia Munn as Psylocke and Lana Condor as Jubilee. Oscar Isaac is also starring as the film’s title antagonist with Simon Kinberg scripting from a treatment by Mike Dougherty, Dan Harris and Kinberg.

Said to be the conclusion of a trilogy started with X-Men: First Class and continued with X-Men: Days of Future Past, the Bryan Singer directed X-Men: Apocalypse is set for release on May 27, 2016.